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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 4 The Man of Two Minds, Section 6 | Part 2, Chapter 5 Agassiz, Section 1 | Part 2, Chapter 5 Agassiz, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ________ was an officer in the Union Army and was known to many as Captain for the rest of his life.
(a) Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
(b) John Dewey.
(c) William James.
(d) Oliver Wendell Holmes.

2. Before the war, Holmes considered _________ to be the center of intellectual thinking, like his father before him.
(a) New York.
(b) Jamestown.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) Boston.

3. Due to the ___________ whims of Henry Jr. and William led the family to move several times to various places in the world.
(a) Religious.
(b) Educational.
(c) Occupational.
(d) Artistic.

4. Henry James Sr. rebelled against his father and took up religion in the form of ___________.
(a) Lutheran.
(b) Swedenborgian.
(c) Presbyterian.
(d) Scottish Baptist.

5. Holmes was not present for the Battle of Fredericksburg and viewed it as _________.
(a) Proof of his convictions.
(b) A waste of humanity.
(c) Racist.
(d) A great success.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry James Sr. preached _________ and stated that there was no room for morality.

2. ____________ began with a drunken man hallucinating in a tavern. This religion later became affiliated with Mesmerism.

3. Holmes joined the army because he felt that it was his duty to fight for what he believed. What was his first battle?

4. The war had been compared to _________ and the Union soldiers rallied themselves around it.

5. Even though he had no formal education in either, ___________ taught psychology and philosophy at Harvard.

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